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I played a festival last weekend and played three 1 1/2 hour sets over two days plus a 4 hour night gig, and wound up getting the meanest, nastiest blister ever on my left thumb. Every time I sit down with the sticks now, a new wound opens up.
I can deal with pain (sorta), but when it keeps opening like this, it's hard for it to heal. Plus, it's tough to hang on to the sticks cause the surface is all leathery and slippery.
Sorry to be so graphic... Thing is I've got gigs coming up and I've also been taking intensive jazz lessons, so I have to get a lot of practice in.
Any tips on how to deal with this? Duct tape and band-aids both make the surface too slippery to keep a grip on the stick.
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BAnimalG
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« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2002, 07:34 AM » |
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Try Medical tape man. I've found that to be helpful in similar situations. Blisters SUCK!!  Good luck man!  |
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« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2002, 09:50 AM » |
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I haven't tried it myself yet, but what about that liquid Band-Aid stuff they have out now?
For temporary numbing and pain relief, maximum strength Anbesol or Orajel with 20% benzocaine can help. Beware... I think it has alcohol in it too, so if your blister has broken open, you're in for some burn before the numbness takes effect. It has cautions on the label for those allergic to "caine" local anesthetics too.
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sidereal
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« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2002, 12:57 PM » |
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The medical tape did the trick! I don't know why I didn't think of that in the past. Worked like a charm and I'm healing up nicely now.  |
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SteveG
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« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2002, 08:27 AM » |
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sidereal, I bet you are holding your sticks too tight. Try loosening up your grip. That will solve your blister problem forever. I had the same problem prior to learning a different playing technique. I no longer have any blisters or calluses on my hands.
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« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2002, 02:33 PM » |
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Medical tape works... but if you want to spend a little less money, go to a sports store and get a big roll of sports tape. Same thing. Less Price.
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« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2002, 08:44 PM » |
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I'm also suffering from massive blisterage, and regular too. I'd quite like to hurry the blisters into calouses, anyone got any ideas how? Also, could my using thin sticks (Terry Bozzio Phaze 1 Vic Firths) be theproblem. Someone else i asked said that i should be using a bigger stick, but then i can't get the response i like. Any tips...please...!
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« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2002, 11:16 PM » |
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i used to own an archery glove with my bow and arrows.....it was just a leather index finger,middle finger, and leather thumb with a wrist strap; no palm, no back, just the fingers most prone to blister. might be worth checking a sporting goods store.
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« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2002, 01:58 PM » |
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All these suggestions are great. I used to get blisters like crazy from playing several days in a row etc. One thing that always worked for me was using Neosporin, band-aids and medical tape. Usually within a few days the wound would heal. When you get a break or rather "if" you get a break for a couple of days, try not to play or do anything to agitate the blister if you can help it and just keep using the Neosporin and band-aids and it'll be gone. |
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« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2002, 01:24 PM » |
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I just got one today the size of a small mole hill. I'll try all of your techniques.
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« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2002, 09:34 PM » |
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hey i use a little bit of sports tape and then put gauz over the blister and main parts where u hold the stick and take a knife and put little slices in the butt end of the stick that u hold and that grips really nice
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« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2003, 01:01 PM » |
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I found that, when I first stared playing and had blister problems, batting gloves work very well. Zildjian also makes drumming gloves, but it's hard to find any for larger hands.
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« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2003, 06:33 PM » |
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Does anyone know when drummers first started using gloves? I did this on my own without seeing other drummers do it or from anyone else's suggestion back in '79 or '80. I liked some things about wearing gloves, but in the end it just didn't work out for me.
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« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2003, 11:16 PM » |
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I was under the impression that gloves came around to the drumming world in the mid 70's. I could be wrong about that though.
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« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2003, 01:32 PM » |
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hey they sell some gloves for like a dollar, they're like a streachy cotton, really small and kinda thin. when i start to get blisters, i cut the fingers off and take a knife and knick up the end of the stick so it looks kinda like you've been playin your high hats. and that grips in the threads really good. cheep way to stop blisters.
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« Reply #15 on: February 05, 2003, 09:07 AM » |
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i have really tough hands and have to play heavy all day to get a blister. but when i do i get a piece of a shirt i keep around for just this purpose and wrap it around the blister, then i put electric tape on it to hold it on. i leave an eight of an inch of fabric showing on either side of the tape; that keeps it painless, looks cool, and doesn't ruin your grip. it's cheap too!!!
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« Reply #16 on: February 05, 2003, 10:39 PM » |
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Use Neosporin in addition to tape to prevent infection.
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« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2003, 10:12 AM » |
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I'm also suffering from massive blisterage, and regular too. I'd quite like to hurry the blisters into calouses, anyone got any ideas how? Also, could my using thin sticks (Terry Bozzio Phaze 1 Vic Firths) be theproblem. Someone else i asked said that i should be using a bigger stick, but then i can't get the response i like. Any tips...please...!
Have a look in your local chemist for some "Surgical Spirit". Its used by walkers and athletes to toughen the skin, mainly on feet, to avoid blisters. But it works just as well on the hands.... apply it with cotton wool a couple of times a day, results should be seen in a couple of days. |
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« Reply #18 on: February 09, 2003, 06:27 PM » |
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I haven't tried it myself yet, but what about that liquid Band-Aid stuff they have out now?
For temporary numbing and pain relief, maximum strength Anbesol or Orajel with 20% benzocaine can help. Beware... I think it has alcohol in it too, so if your blister has broken open, you're in for some burn before the numbness takes effect. It has cautions on the label for those allergic to "caine" local anesthetics too.
I use medical tape on some of my fingers, but I played last night for 3 hours straight and found I didn't use enough. I have a huge blister on my ring finger! It's starting to callouse over, but it's so soft and red. I'm thinking about going to stick wrap. Do you think it'd work better than wrapping my whole hand?  |
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« Reply #19 on: February 09, 2003, 11:10 PM » |
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Have a look in your local chemist for some "Surgical Spirit". Its used by walkers and athletes to toughen the skin, mainly on feet, to avoid blisters. But it works just as well on the hands.... apply it with cotton wool a couple of times a day, results should be seen in a couple of days.
Ah!! You had me on a wild goose chase to find Surgical Spirit! LOL. After a good 20 minutes of hard core searching I found out that Surgical Spirit is the same as Rubbing Alcohol in the US.  Thanks cmscabel, I never knew it could help callouse things. |
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